Skate.



H. H. BOWMAN.

SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21.1915.

PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

WNW/E5655 men SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed February 27, 1915. Serial No. 10,960.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD Hnssn Bow- MAN, of the city of Owen Sound, in the county of Grey, in the Province of Ontario,

Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in skates and the object of the invention is to form an absolutely rigid support for the ankle so that the slightest tendency of the skate to lean sidewise is transmitted to the ankle supporting standard connected to the boot and thereby such movement prevented and it consists essentially of a metallic ankle supporting standard formed integral with the heel plate of a skate as hereinafter more particularly explained by the following specification.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a steel skate showing my construction applied thereto. Fig. 2, is a modified form showing my construction applied to a skate having an aluminum body. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the heel plate shown inFig. 2 showing the ankle supporting standard in section. Fig. 4c, is a longitudinal section through Fig. 3 on line oc-g. Fig. 5, is a perspective detail of the ankle supporting standard shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6, is a perspective detail of the heel plate shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is a skate provided with the usual steel blade 2 provided with the usual foot plate 3 and heel plate 4. 5 is an ankle supporting standard formed integral with the heel plate and extending upwardly therefrom and provided at its upper end with means for connecting the support to the boot of the skater, such connecting means being that usually employed in connection with metallic ankle supporting standards and comprising a hinged member carried by the upper end of the supporting standard and having a longitudinal. slot therein through which a rivet passes, the headed end of such rivet extending from the top portion of the back of the boot through the slot.

Itwill, of course, be understood that metallic ankle supporting standards have been hitherto employed but such ankle supporting standards have been connected only to the boot and not to the heel plate of the skate. It will thus be seen that in such a construction where the ankle supporting standard is only connected. to the boot that there will always be a certain amount of give between the skate and boot which could not be prevented by the ankle supporting standard. By forming the ankle supporting standard and heel plate integral as above described any side leaning movement of the skate would be absolutely prevented.

In Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 I have shown my ankle supporting standard connected to a skate having an aluminum body. In these figures 6 is the skate body provided with a foot plate 7 and heel plate 8. The heel plate 8 is provided with a horizontal recess 9 (see Fig. 6). 10 is the ankle supporting standard provided with a right angular extension 11. The extension 11 is entered into the recess 9 and secured therein by a vertical screw 12. Over the edge of the foot plate 11, the upper wall of the recess 9 at each side of the ankle supporting standard may be hammered down over the outer edge of the portion 11 as indicated at 13 in Figs. 2 and 3 thereby securely locking the ankle supporting standard in position and making it integral with the heel plate.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple means whereby all side leaning movement of the skate when in use is prevented, the skate being rigidly connected to the upper portion of the foot above the ankle.

What I claim as my invention is.

In combination in a skate, a heel plate having a horizontal recess, of an ankle supporting standard curved to fit the shoe, a tapered right angular extension at the base thereof said extension adapted to enter said recess until said standard abuts the heel.

plate and means for locking said standard in position comprising a vertical screw passing through the heel plate and said extension and elongated upper edges on said heel plate adapted to be bent over to limit any pivotal movement of said standard.

HOWARD HESSE BOWMAN. Witnesses:

E. PnNNooK, M. EGAN.

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